EP1319243A2 - Zweifachladungsschleusenvorrichtung mit doppelschlitz für prozessanlage - Google Patents
Zweifachladungsschleusenvorrichtung mit doppelschlitz für prozessanlageInfo
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- EP1319243A2 EP1319243A2 EP01971084A EP01971084A EP1319243A2 EP 1319243 A2 EP1319243 A2 EP 1319243A2 EP 01971084 A EP01971084 A EP 01971084A EP 01971084 A EP01971084 A EP 01971084A EP 1319243 A2 EP1319243 A2 EP 1319243A2
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- Prior art keywords
- load lock
- processing system
- substrate processing
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- the present invention relates generally to the fields of semiconductor manufacturing. More specifically, the present invention relates to a semiconductor wafer or glass substrate processing system comprising a double dual slot load lock and uses thereof.
- wafers In continuous throughput systems, wafers must be introduced into the vacuum chamber through a load lock in order to prevent exposing the vacuum condition in the chamber to the air outside the chamber.
- the inner closure means such as a sealing plate
- the outer closure means such as a sealing door
- the door is opened, a wafer is inserted through the opening, and the door is again closed.
- the load lock chamber now containing the wafer is pumped down to contain an atmosphere compatible with the atmosphere in the processing vacuum chamber, and then the inner sealing plate is moved away from the opening to expose the wafer for processing in the main vacuum chamber.
- some systems employ two load lock chambers so that processing of wafers can continue uninterrupted by a delay caused by the need to open, empty, reload and re-equilibrate a single load lock chamber.
- the prior art is deficient in the lack of effective system/means of processing substrates in a high throughput fashion and meanwhile minimizing particulate contamination during processing.
- the prior art is deficient in the lack of a highly automated substrate processing system comprising double dual slot load locks constructed at one body.
- the present invention fulfills this long-standing need and desire in the art.
- a substrate processing system which comprises a cassette load station; a load lock chamber; a centrally located transfer chamber; and one or more process chambers located about the periphery of the transfer chamber.
- the load lock chamber comprises two dual slot load locks constructed at same location.
- a method of processing substrates in the system disclosed herein for semiconductor manufacturing comprises the following steps: first, moving substrates from the cassette load station to the transfer chamber through the load lock chamber; secondly, transferring the substrates from the transfer chamber to the process chambers; thirdly, processing the substrates in the process chambers; and lastly, unloading the processed substrates from the process chambers to the same cassette load station through the same load lock chamber.
- one load lock is in a vacuum condition and the other load lock is in an atmospheric/venting condition at the same time.
- FIG 1 is an overview of the presently disclosed system, i.e., AKT Gen4 with AGN/MGN interface and atmospheric cassette load station (ACLS), comprising a cassette load station 101, a load lock chamber 102, a central transfer chamber 103, one or more process chambers 104, a heat chamber 105, and control towers and gas chamber 106.
- Figure 2 is an overview of system AKT Gen4 with a substrate transferring link 107.
- Figure 3 is a side view of double dual slot load lock and transfer chamber construction in system AKT Gen4.
- Figure 4 is a schematic drawing demonstrating loading and unloading of a pre-processed substrate using the double dual slot load lock, wherein the substrate is loaded from ACLS to the upper load lock, and then unloaded to the transfer chamber through the lower load lock.
- Figure 5 is a schematic drawing demonstrating loading and unloading of a pre-processed substrate using the double dual slot load lock, wherein the substrate is loaded from ACLS to the lower load lock, and then unloaded to the transfer chamber through the upper load lock.
- Figure 6 is a schematic drawing demonstrating loading and unloading of a processed substrate using the double dual slot load lock, wherein the substrate is loaded from the transfer chamber to the lower load lock, and then unloaded to ACLS through the upper load lock.
- Figure 7 is a schematic drawing demonstrating pumping and venting processes which take place in the double dual slot load lock. Specifically, filtered diffuser N 2 vent is used for cooling a processed substrate when venting.
- FIGS 8A-8C show system size comparison among AKT5500 (state-of- art system) ( Figure A), AKT stretch (Figure B), and AKT Gen4 ( Figure C).
- the AKT stretch is 133% stretch of AKT5500 and a traditional approach to AKT Gen4.
- Both AKT5500 and AKT stretch have two dual slot load locks which are constructed at two locations, whereas AKT Gen4 has one double dual slot load lock.
- a semiconductor wafer processing system comprising a cassette load station 101, load lock chamber 102, a central transfer chamber 103, one or more process chambers 104, a heat chamber 105, and control towers and gas chamber 106 ( Figure 1).
- the load lock chamber 102 is provided for transferring wafers between the transfer chamber 103, which is typically at high vacuum, and the outside, typically a clean room at atmospheric pressure.
- the central transfer chamber 103 is provided with a vacuum transfer robot located therein for transferring wafers between the load lock chamber 102 and the process chambers 104/heat chamber 105, which are located about the periphery of the transfer chamber 103.
- Figure 2 is an over view of the system with substrate transferring link 107.
- the load lock chamber 102 comprises double dual slot load lock constructed at one body (i.e., one location, in one chamber).
- Each load lock has dual slot load lock (DSL) function: upper slot for loading pre-processed substrate from cassette load station 101 (atmospheric side); and lower slot for unloading processed substrate to cassette load station 101 (atmospheric side).
- DSL dual slot load lock
- the substrate is a wafer or a glass substrate.
- Vacuum robot in the central transfer chamber 103 passes substrates through slit valves in the various connected processing chambers 104 or heater chamber 105 and retrieves them after processing in the chambers is complete. Access between the individual process chambers 104 and between the transfer chamber 103 and the load lock chamber 102 is via flip door type slit valves which selectively isolate the process chambers 104 or heat chamber 105 from the robot (in transfer chamber 103) and the robot from the load lock chamber 102.
- the load lock chamber at the atmospheric side may have other than flip door type slit valves. Other doors may also be used to separate the vacuum condition in the load lock chamber from the atmospheric condition outside the chamber.
- Figure 3 is a system side view showing the construction of double dual slot load lock and the transfer chamber.
- the flip type valve is closed from the atmospheric side, which makes it possible to keep load lock vacuum condition with small torque actuator.
- the valve is always operated below the substrate transferring plane to reduce particle exposure and opens before loading and unloading of a substrate.
- This system configuration permits processing in one or more chambers while wafers are being loaded or unloaded at other process chambers or at the load lock chamber and permits wafer transfer from one processing chamber to another via the transfer chamber.
- Different processes may be simultaneously performed on different substrates at different process chambers.
- Each wafer which is dispensed from load lock may be stepped through the same process steps to produce the same type of wafer.
- different wafers from the same load lock may be programmed to undergo a different "recipe" involving different steps and/or process times, such that different types of wafers are produced.
- the vacuum robot was operated by Z-drive in an up-and- down motion.
- the Z-drive shaft is a vacuum seal constructed in chambers with nitrogen purge and vacuum at the same time.
- pre-processed substrates are loaded into the upper slot in one of the load locks from the cassette load station ( Figures 4-5).
- the upper slot optionally has a heating plate for heating up the substrates.
- the heating plate is either a stationary plate or a moving plate. It can approximate to the substrates by Z drive to increase the heating efficiency.
- the heating temperature can be up to 400°C.
- the heated substrates are then unloaded from the other load lock to the transfer chamber, and further to the process chambers for processing, or to the heat chamber for either preheating or annealing.
- Lower slot has a cooling plate for cooling down the processed substrates.
- the cooling plate is either a stationary plate or moving plate and it can approximate to the substrates by Z drive to increase the cooling efficiency.
- a small amount of helium gas (He) can be supplied with nitrogen gas (N 2 ) for cooling.
- Filtered diffuser N 2 vent is used to prevent particle generation in the load locks (Figure 7).
- the temperature can be cooled down from 350°C to 80°C.
- the double dual slot load lock (DDSL) system disclosed herein provides several advantages in comparison with traditional one DSL system, such as AKT5500 or AKT stretch ( Figures 8A-8C).
- constructing two dual slot load lock at one body (one location) can increase system cost performance, i.e., minimize system footprint and increase system throughput that was restricted by the load lock pumping/venting activity.
- the system maximum throughput determined by the load lock activity is approximately 30 substrate/hour.
- the system maximum throughput is approximately 60 substrate/hour.
- a single layer firm (passivation) process has a throughput of approximately 26 substrate/hour for traditional one DSL system, while for one embodiment of the double dual slot load lock system disclosed herein, the passivation process has a throughput of approximately 50 substrate/hour. Since the throughput is restricted by load lock activity, a traditional one DSL system with 3 process chambers has the same throughput as the one with 4 process chambers. For active layer process, a traditional one DSL system (with 4 process chambers) has a throughput of approximately 18 substrate/hour, the same as for one embodiment of the double dual slot load lock system disclosed herein. In this case, the system throughput is the same for both one and double DSL systems, therefore system can use one of the two dual slot load lock. Most customers prefer a system that is capable of switching the process based on the production situation, therefore the system has to be configured to handle quick process. For example, the system can be configured to have shorter process time, or change process time based on process data.
- the double dual slot load lock system requires narrower atmospheric cassette load station than two DSL systems. For grand transportation, there is an equipment size limitation of approximate 3.0 m in dimension.
- the transfer chamber is designed in a shape of heptagon and the maximum process chamber quantity is 5. To meet the same size requirement, for two DSL systems, the maximum process chamber quantity would be 3.
- a substrate processing system which comprises a cassette load station, a load lock chamber, a transfer chamber, and one or more process chambers.
- the transfer chamber is centrally located, and the multiple process chambers are located about the periphery of the transfer chamber.
- the load lock chamber comprises two dual slot load lock constructed at one location.
- each dual slot load lock has a heating plate and a cooling plate located in different slots.
- the heating plate is a stationary plate or moving plate operated by Z-drive, and can heat the temperature up to 400°C during pumping.
- the cooling plate is a stationary plate or moving plate operated by Z-drive, and can cool the temperature down from about 350°C to about 80°C during venting. More specifically, the cooling is achieved by water or by venting using nitrogen gas mixed with helium.
- the substrate processing system described herein may further comprise a vacuum robot, which is located in the transfer chamber for transferring substrates. The vacuum robot is operated by Z-drive. Still, the system may further comprise a flip type door located between the cassette load station and the load lock chamber.
- Flip type slit valves may also be constructed between the load lock chamber and the transfer chamber. Such slit valves are closed from atmospheric side and always operated below substrate transferring plane to reduce particle exposure. Still yet, the substrate processing system may further comprise filter diffusers, which are located in the both dual slot load locks to prevent particle generation.
- This method comprises the steps of moving substrates from the cassette load station to the transfer chamber through the load lock chamber; transferring the substrates from the transfer chamber to the process chambers; processing the substrates in the process chambers; and unloading the processed substrates from the process chambers to the cassette load station through the load lock chamber.
- one of the dual slot load locks is in a vacuum condition for unloading pre-processed substrates from the load lock chamber to the transfer chamber, whereas at the same time the other dual slot load lock is in an atmospheric condition for unloading processed substrates from the load lock chamber to the cassette load station.
- the pre-processed substrates are heated up to about 400°C before loading to the transfer chamber.
- the heated substrates are then transferred to the transfer chamber by a vacuum robot which is driven by Z-drive.
- the processed substrates are cooled down from about 350°C to about 80°C before loading to the cassette load station.
- a small amount of helium gas is supplied with nitrogen gas.
- the cooling can be achieved by water.
- one load lock is in a vacuum condition and at the same time, the other load lock is in an atmospheric/venting condition.
- One vacuum pump is shared between the two load locks.
- filter diffusers are located on both load locks to prevent particle generation. Increased vent speed may also be used to further prevent particle generation.
- the system/method disclosed herein provides an improved wafer support and transport means to enable automatic and repetitive moving of individual wafers into and from load locks into, through and between processing chambers while minimizing damage and contamination of wafers. Additionally, using two dual slot load lock constructed in the same chamber increases system cost performance, i.e., minimizes system footprint and increases system throughput that was restricted by the load lock pumping/venting activity.
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